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Letters Patent No. 748,979, elated Jane 16, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT INPORTABLE FENCE.

TO ALL WI-IOMv I'I MAY CONGERN: Y l

Bc it known that I, JOHN LEONARD, of Basil, in the county of Faireld, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improv-ed Portable Fence; *and I do hereby declare that the follow-ingisa full, clear, and exact description-thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to niake and use the Same, reference being had to vthe accompanying drawings forming part of this specication.

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of my improved portable fence.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line c m, tig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention .has for its object to furnish an improved portable fence, strong, simple in construction, and easily put up, taken down, or moved from place to place; and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as. hereinafter more fully described.l

A and Brepresent two adjacent panels of my improved fence, and which are formed by attaching the end ofthe horizontal bars al'and b1 to vertical bars a2 62;

' When Athe panels are long,[they may 'be'strengthened by attaching a central vertical bar., a3 Z13, to the centres of the horizontal bars al bl, as shown in the drawings. r

In erecting the fence, the lower ends of the vertical bars a,"l bz a3 Z13 may rest upon the ground, or upon stone brjvoodcn supports, and the panels are so placed that their adjacent ends may overlap each other Suthciently'to bring the vertical bars, az b2, oppositeeach other: C are inclined braces?, the upper ends of which are slotted to receive the upper ends ofthe two adjacent vertical harsh2 Z", which are then secured in place by wedges, D. The lower ends of the inclined braces C are also slotted, to receive the upper ends of the short posts or stakes E. i l

The posts lonstalres E are notched upon their outer sides, and the lower ends of the inclined braces C are secured to them by the wedges F, as shown in ig. 2`.

'Thelower parts of the panels A and B are supported against side pressure, andheld together by' the braces Gr, the lower ends of Awhich are notched, to take hold ot' the horizontal Ybars of the said panels, and the upper ends of which are pinned or Yotherwise secured to the inclined braces 0, as shown in tig.

When the panels A and B are long, or for any cause need additional security, the shorter inclined braces, H, may be used, the upper ends of which are notched and slotted, to take hold ot' the central verticalbars, a3 and b3, and the lower-ends of which are slotted, and secured to short notched posts or stakes, I, by wedges, J, in the manner hereiuoefore described with reference to the braces C and posts Jrstakes E.

K are longitudinal bars or slats, attached to the inclined braces C and I-I to protect hedges, 86e., planted along the line of the' fence from being injured or destroyed by stock.

It' desired, the top ofthe fence or the inclined braces Cim'ay be protected from the Weather by cupboards,

I, as shown in the drawings.

I claim as new, and desire to .secure by Letters Patent#- 1. Securing the panels A and B to each other, and in an erect position, Vby the inclined braces C'and G, short notched postslor stakes E, and wedges'F and D, substantially in theimannor Aherein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. Strengthening thev panels A and B in position bythe inclined braces H, short notched post or stakes I,

'and wedges J, substantially as herein shown and described,l and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN LEONARD.

Witnesses: j

GEO. W. TUPING, ALFRED ZARTMAN. 

